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Have you already installed or are you trying to install?
Assuming you installed without a key and now you want to enter the key to
activate, did you do an actual upgrade or a clean install? Also, what type
of package do you have, Full, Upgrade, or OEM?

"Ken" <Ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FAF194E7-3006-44C4-ABD9-FD43C9D64C4A@microsoft.com...
>i upgraded from xp home to vista home basic, the activation key on the cd
>is
> not recorgnised, why?
>

"Ken" <Ken@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FAF194E7-3006-44C4-ABD9-FD43C9D64C4A@microsoft.com...
>i upgraded from xp home to vista home basic, the activation key on the cd
>is
> not recorgnised, why?

Did you double check what you typed in? Triple check? Was the package
sealed and you had to open it yourself?